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Yountville, California - March 2013

Celebrating the MSF's 15 years



MSF CTO, Wayne Cutler, presents to the membership MSF presents long time member, David Francisco with an award for his commitment to the Forum


MSF's Executive Director, Alysia Johnson sits with Treasurer, David Francisco, and Senior Fellow Jim McEachern MSF Hosts Member Reception to commemorate 15 years of Industry contributions


MSF members enjoy the reception MSF Celebrates its 15 years!


ETRI delegates celebrate the MSF at the reception MSF Executive Director, Alysia Johnson and Technical Project Manager, Ashley Wright raise a toast to the MSF’s success.


Long time members of the MSF reminisce NTT delegates enjoy the reception


JDSU and Gigamon delegates mingle MSF Senior Fellow, Jim McEachern and Ashley Wright celebrate the MSF's last meeting


MSF members enjoy a wine tasting excursion in Yountville MSF members toast the MSF at the MSF's last TC meeting


MSF leadership mingle during the excursion MSF members enjoy a tour of Mumm


Long time members MSF's long-time Executive Director, Alysia Johnson and Project Manager Ashley Wright at a Duckhorn tasting


MSF Treasurer, Dave Francisco, and his wife Alysia Johnson and Andy Huckridge enjoy a tasting while discussing Future Industry work


AMS Partners raise a toast to the MSF for its 15 years of success at a special member dinner in Yountville Senior Fellow, Jim McEachern mingling with AMS staff, who have worked with MSF over the last 15 years.

Singapore - October 2012



Wayne Cutler, CTO, presents technical contributions to MSF delegates at the Q4 Technical COmmittee Meeting in Singapore Delegates visit the harbor following the meeting


JDSU delegate, EngWei Koo gives MSF delegates a tour of the city MSF staff, Ashley Wright and OEC's Nate Hanfman try the original Singapore Sling.

Los Angeles, California, USA - July 2012



MSF member Arye Ephrath of NCS presents technical contribution to the delegates at the Q3 Technical COmmittee Meeting in Los Angeles, California Delegates hike to the Hollywood sign in the hills of Los Angeles


MSF delegate, Nate Hanfman, celebrates his birthday during MSF Technical meeting MSF CTO, Wayne Cutler and Technical Project Manager, Ashley Wright, dine with members

Munich, Germany - May 2012



MSF delegates convene in Munich, Germany for Q2 Technical COmmittee Meeting Delegates socialize in one of Munich's historic beer gardens following the technical meeting.


MSF delegates and RCS VoLTE task force representatives dine together. MSF staff, Ashley Wright and Alysia Johnson enjoy an eveningin Munich.


The MSF delegation at Q2 Technical Committee meeting . MSF delegates tour the Telecommunication section of the Deutsches Museum.

Washington D.C. - February 2012



MSF delegate from NCS presents a contribution during the Technical COmmittee Meeting in Washington D.c. Delegates discuss public safety during a meeting break.


NTT delegate and MSF Executive Director chat about VoLTE RCS IOT event at the MSF Q1 Technical Committee Meeting in D.C. MSF Staff greet meeting attendees at Q1 Washington D.C. Meeting in February.

Layer123 Event, London - December 2011

GSMA's Dan Warren Presents the MSF's VoLTE IOT Results at Layer123 Conference in London, United Kingdom
MSF delegates socialize at the Layer123 Conference in London, United Kingdom


MSF's CTO, Wayne Cutler at the MSF/ETSI booth at Layer123 in London. MSF and ETSI delegates Promote Collaboration in 2012 at Layer123 Event

Beijing - October 2011



MSF delegates from Cisco, Vodafone and Codenomicon enjoy a traditional Chinese dinner in Beijing. Vodafone and China Mobile delegates socialize after the meeting.


MSF delegates at the MSF Q4 Technical Committee Meeting in Beijing Presentation by Executive, Yuan Hong, from China Mobile to the MSF membership.

Denver - August 2011



Ashley Wright, MSF Technical Project Manager at the MSF Registration Desk MSF CTO and TC Chair, Wayne Cutler, presents to the MSF delegates.


MSF delegates tour principle member, NIST's, Boulder facility and see the atomic clock. MSF members from Cisco, Vodafone and JDSU socialize after the meeting


Board member, Jim McEachern, TC Chair, Wayne Cutler and Ashley Wright enjoy an evening together. MSF delegates enjoy a meal together in Denver.

Lisbon - April 2011



MSF delegates attend the Q2 2011 MSF meeting in Lisbon, Portugal William Vink from JDSU speaks at the LTE: Implications for Public Safety Networks Panel Discussion


Panelists from the LTE Panel discussion MSF members enjoy a meal together in Lisbon


Board member, David Hutton and TC Vice Co-Chair, Sai Mahalingam MSF delegates enjoy the MSF hosted reception in Lisbon

Miami - January 2011



MSF delegates enjoy a lively dinner in Miami Representatives from Verizon, NTT, Genband, and JDSU at the MSF Q1 2011 meeting

MSF members socialize after the Technical Committee meeting

Seoul - October 2010



ETRI hosts dinner for MSF members in Seoul, Korea MSF President, Jim McEachern thanks ETRI's Byung-Sun Lee for hosting the MSF


MSF President, Jim McEachern and MSF Project Manager, Ashley Wright at the ETRI hosted dinner MSF delegates attending the MSF Q1 2011 Technical Committee meeting

Vancouver - August 2010



MSF delegates attend the Q3 2010 MSF meeting in Vancouver, BC Joint MSF and ATIS IIF session at the Fairmont Vancouver Hotel in Vancouver, BC


TC Chair, Wayne Cutler, discusses upcoming IOT event with MSF President, Jim McEachern, and Vice President, David Hutton MSF and ATIS host a joint reception for the delegates at the Pan Pacific Hotel


MSF and ATIS delegates mingling during the reception MSF and ATIS Presidents address the attendees and discuss the growing partnership between the MSF and ATIS IIF

Vancouver - April 2010



Chris Gallon presents Opening Plenary at Q2 2010 MSF meeting in Vancouver, BC Delegates on the terrace of the Vancouver Convention Centre


David Francisco, MSF Treasurer and Sara Hart, ED enjoy the MSF social event MSF members enjoy views of the mountains and harbor at MSF sponsored reception!

Vienna - January 2010



MSF Q1 2010 Meeting in Vienna, Austria! Roger, MSF President, enjoys dinner with a Starent delegate Wayne Cutler, TC Chair, chairing main meeting


Delegates discuss contributions and work items. MSF members enjoy an evening in Vienna!

Hong Kong - October 2009



MSF Hosts Q4 2009 Meeting in Hong Kong, China! Members comment on contribution presented by Chao Chi Ho of NCS


Delegates from ETRI enjoy lunch during the meeting. Members mingle in the lounge after the meeting!

Ottawa - July 2009



MSF Hosts Q3 2009 Meeting in Ottawa, Canada at the Fairmont! Guest, Industry Canada presented at MSF Educational Session


MSF members dine in Ottawa Members enjoy the MSF sponsored reception

Budapest - April 2009



MSF Hosts Q2 2009 Meeting in Budapest, Hungary! Roger kicks off the meeting with the Opening Plenary


MSF members during the coffee break in Budapest MSF President, Roger Ward and Vice President, Jim McEachern chat during a meeting break

San Jose - February 2009



MSF's Q1 2009 Meeting in San Jose Membership attend an LTE Educational Session led by Andy Huckridge and panelists, David Hutton, Larry Ma and Naseem Khan


Roger Ward presents the Senior Fellow Award to Wayne Cutler MSF Leadership, left to right, Andy Huckridge, Stuart Walker, Wayne Cutler and David Hutton

Bahamas - December 2008



MSF Celebrates 10 years in the Bahamas Ashley Wright and David Hutton enjoy a Bahama Mama over dinner


MSF members at the 10 Year Anniversary Party! Members, Jim McEachern and Richard Kaczmarek enjoy the reception

Dublin - July 2008



MSF members watch presentations during the main techical meeting Kristin Harris and Dave Hutton working hard during the meeting


MSF members tour the Guiness Factory MSF Q3 2008 Reception Hosted by Nortel and AT&T

NXTComm 2008 - June 2008


Jim McEachern, MSF Vice President presenting during NXTComm 2008

MSF Members participating in a panel discussion

Shanghai - April 2008

MSF Q2 2008 Techinical Meeting in Shanghai, China sponsored by China Mobile


Julianne Fitzpatrick (AMS) and Zhang Hao (China Mobile) enjoy dinner cruise hosted by China Mobile MSF Members on the Dinner Cruise on the HuangPu River


MSF members on the dinner cruise hosted by China Mobile Mike Bick, Stephen Price & Ashley Wright enjoy views of Shanghai on the cruise.

Amsterdam - July 2007

Kristin Harris (UNH-IOL), Dan Warren (Vodafone), Chris Gallon (Fujitsu) and Richard Dagnall (Iometrix) discuss certification and interoperability during the MSF Educational Session Certification and Interoperability: The Future of the MSF


MSF Vice President Jim McEachern moderates the discussion. Kristin Harris and Dan Warren


Dan Warren and Chris Gallon Chris Gallon and Richard Dagnall

Montreal - April 2007



MSF members listen to a presentation at the 2007 Q2 meeting in Montreal MSF VIce President Jim McEachern (Nortel) welcomes members to the Nortel-sponsored membership dinner at Le Cabaret du Roy.


Naseem Khan, Satoshi Miyayama, Frank Suraci, Arye Ephrath and Akira Kurokawa at the membership dinner in Montreal. RIchard Kaczmarek, Tom Taylor, Anil Gupta and Bhumip Khasnabish at the membership dinner in Montreal.


Chris Gallon, Roger Ward, Jim McEachern and Mike Bick at the membership dinner in Montreal Overhead view of MSFers enjoying the Nortel-sponsored membership dinner at Le Cabaret du Roy.

Spring VON - March 2007



MSF Pavilion at Spring VON 2007 Bernard Bear shows off the MSF program for Spring VON 2007


ETRI showcased a demonstration in the MSF Pavilion at Spring VON. Chanh Phung chairs the panel "IMS Soup: What's in the Mix" with Gordon Beith and Betsey Covell in the MSF Theater.


Jim McEachern presents "ENUM for Dummies" in the MSF Theater. Pierre Lynch presents "A-IMS: What's in a Name?" in the MSF Theater.


Martin Taylor presents "Emergence of IMS Applications" in the MSF Theater. Richard Dagnall presents "Certification Testing: Case Study of a Success Story" in the MSF Theater.


John Wullert presents "Emergence of IMS Applications in MSF Architecture." Seamus Hourihan presents "IMS: Right or Wrong."


Gordon Beith presents during the panel session "IMS Deployment: Where, When, Why & How." Jim McEachern, Gordon Beith and Andy Huckridge take questions from the audience in the MSF Theater.


Andy Huckridge presents during the panel session "IMS Deployment: Where, When, Why & How." Olov Schelén presents "GMI 2006 Deep Dive: QoS."

NetEvents Evian - February 2007


MSF President Roger Ward and MSF Interoperability Working Group Chair Andy Huckridge participate in a panel debate session at NetEvents in Evian, France.

Hong Kong - January 2007



Ken Mills, David Hutton, Claire Mandeville, Ian Jenkins, Mike Bick and Kari Revier at dinner in Hong Kong. Michael Owens, Ken Mills, Dave Hutton, Claire Mandeville, Ian Jenkins and Mike Bick in Hong Kong.


Daytime view from the top of The Peak. Nighttime view from the top of The Peak.

Vancouver - June 2006



Stuart Walker leads the Architecture Working Group meeting in Vancouver. Members checked out the record number of participants signed up for GMI 2006.

The meeting was packed as MSF began the run-up to GMI 2006.

Nagoya - October 2005


Koichi Suda speaks on "What Carriers Need From Vendors and Standard Bodies to Accomplish Their NGN Vision" at the NTT-sponsored carriers program at the MSF meeting in Nagoya. Kumiko Sudo, Eun-Ho Choi, Byung-Sun Lee, Naseem Khan, Tatsuro Murakami, Roger Ward, Mark Carroll and Paul Drew

Technical Committee Chair, Avri Doria, addresses the membership in Nagoya.

Ottawa - July 2005



Jim McEachern and a colleague from Nortel demonstrates IMS technology at the MSF's tutorial and social in Vancouver. Cathi Lane and Andy Jones at the MSF meeting in Ottawa.

SUPERCOMM - June 2005



MSF President Roger Ward greets visitors to the MSF booth. Erick Sasaki and Hirofumi Yokoi of NTT pose in front of the MSF booth.


Roger Ward gets ready to film a segment on MSF for the Discovery Channel Mamoru Oishi and Erick Sasaki presented a video showcasing the use of MSF architecture in NTT's network

Broadband World Forum - June 2005


Panelists from the plenary session at Broadband World Forum in Yokohama, Japan: Hisashi Tada, Vice-Chair TMF (NEC); Alain Le Roux, Chair, ETSI TISPAN (France Telecom); Chae-Sub Lee, Chair, ITU-t SG 13 NGN Focus Group (Korea Telecom); Roger Ward, MSF President (BT); Kiyoshi Miyazaki, Editor in Chief, Nikkei Business Publications

San Francisco - February 2005


Neil Anderson (Spirent), Jim McEachern (Nortel) and Mark Carroll (Cisco) at the Cisco-sponsored wine tasting event (joint with the MFA) at First Crush in San Francisco MSF Technical Committee Chair Avri Doria (ETRI) and MFA VP of Marketing Gary Leonard (Riverstone Networks)

Atlanta - November 2004


Brian Down (Marconi), Wayne Cutler (Marconi), Dave Francisco (Siemens) and Andy Huckridge (Spirent) Kouji Sato (Mitsubishi Electric), Tatsuro Murakami (NTT), Satoshi Miyayama (NTT) and Yasuyuki Matsuoka (NTT)


Peter Chang (Cisco) and Brian Tolly (GMI 2004 Technical Coordinator) MA&E Vice Chair Jason Grooms (Leapstone) and MA&E Chair Neil Anderson (Spirent)

Fall VON - October 2004


MSF President Roger Ward (BT) explains the GMI 2004 network at the MSF's Birds of a Feather Session.  Other panelists included Joe Glynn (Qwest), Jim McEachern (Nortel), Chris Daniel (Leapstone), Mark Carroll (Cisco) and Neil Anderson (Spirent). Joe Glynn (Qwest) address attendees at the MSF's Birds of a Feather session at Fall VON 2004.  The MSF took this session as an opportunity to discuss the results of GMI 2004, which was completed the previous week.

GMI 2004 - October 2004


Participants at KT Technology Lab in Daejeon, South Korea take a moment to stretch before returning to testing. Participants at  BTexact Technologies Centre in Ipswich, Suffolk, UK work to test MSF implementation agreements.
Participants at  Qwest Labs in Dublin, Ohio check equipment during the GMI 2004 testing. Participants at  Qwest Labs in Dublin, Ohio relax at dinner on the evening before the last day of testing.

GMI 2004 participants at KT's lab in Daejeon address members of the press.

Singapore - January 2004


Thomas Borrel (Navtel Communications) and Egied Dekoster (Belgacom) enjoy the Navtel-sponsored membership dinner on January 27 in Singapore. Andy Huckridge (Spirent Communications), Michael Condry (Intel) and Chris Gallon (Fujitsu) at the Navtel-sponsored membership dinner.


Andy Huckridge addresses MSF members at the Spirent-sponsored luncheon on January 28. Technical Coordinator Brian Tolly gets members fired up about participating in GMI 2004 at the closing Plenary on January 29.

MSF Presents The Carriers Program - October 2003


Bill Myrtle (Telus), Peter Willis (BT), Hongbeom Jeon (KT), Tadanobu Okada (NTT), Joe Glynn (Qwest) and Sungtae Cha (SK Telecom) participate in the Carriers Program at the MSF's 5th Anniversary Meeting in Vancouver. Carriers Program panelists respond to questions posed by moderator Scott Raynovich of Light Reading.

ITU-T 2003 Informal Forum Summit - July 2003

MSF President Roger Ward (second from right) dines with ITU-TSB Director Houlin Zhao at the ITU-T 2003 Informal Forum Summit in San Francisco.

SUPERCOMM - June 2003

The MSF at SUPERCOMM 2003 in Atlanta.

Orlando, Florida - January 2003

Guy Grindborg, Chris Daniel, and Pieter Poll toast to the success of GMI 2002.

Jeju, South Korea - October 2002
Ice sculpture from the Samsung-sponsored Membership Dinner in Jeju.
Dr. Young Cheol Oh of Samsung welcomes MSF Members to Jeju during the Membership Dinner.
Ice sculpture from the Samsung-sponsored Membership Dinner in Jeju. Dr. Young Cheol Oh of Samsung welcomes MSF Members to Jeju during the Membership Dinner.
MSF Members dance with the entertainers at the Membership Dinner in Jeju.
MSF Members at the Samsung-sponsored Membership Dinner.
MSF Members dance with the entertainers at the Membership Dinner in Jeju. MSF Members at the Samsung-sponsored Membership Dinner.

SUPERCOMM - June 2002
MSF MAE Chair Guy Grindborg talks about the MSF Release 1 Architecture Guidelines at SUPERCOMM.
MSF MAE Chair Guy Grindborg talks about the MSF Release 1 Architecture Guidelines at SUPERCOMM 2002 in Atlanta.

Rome, Italy - April 2002
MSF members listen during a session at the 2002 Q2 Technical Committee Meeting in Rome.
MSF members listen during a session at the 2002 Q2 Technical Committee Meeting in Rome.

SuperNet - January 2002
MSF was an Associate Sponsor of SuperNet 2002.
MSF Board Member Brian Down explains the MSF Architecture.
MSF was an Associate Sponsor of SuperNet 2002 in Santa Clara. MSF Board Member Brian Down (Marconi) explains the MSF Architecture.

Kyoto, Japan - November 2001
After lunch at Shozan, the MSF group stops for a picture.  9 November 2001.
After lunch at Shozan, the MSF group stops for a picture.